2016 House Bill 5829

Permit unions to represent just dues-paying employees only

Introduced in the House

Sept. 8, 2016

Introduced by Rep. Gary Glenn (R-98)

To permit labor unions to represent only those employees in a workplace who pay union dues. Under current law, a union that at some time had persuaded a majority of the employees in a particular workplace to agree to unionize must represent every employee. Before Michigan enacted a right-to-work law, every employee was also compelled to pay union dues of fees, but that is no longer the case. Under right-to-work, union officials often label workers who choose not to pay them “free riders,” because the union must still represent them. The bill would relieve unions of this duty.

Referred to the Committee on Government Operations